Trouble logging in?We were forced to invalidate all account passwords. You will have to reset your password to login. If you have trouble resetting your password, please send us a message with as much helpful information as possible, such as your username and any email addresses you may have used to register. Whatever you do, please do not create a new account. That is not the right solution, and it is against our forum rules to own multiple accounts.

Well in the published version, I hope that the Kirito, Asuna relationship is more strongly established, my only issue would be the the diminishing focus on it as Kirito goes around being the ultimate MC in both action/adventure and romantic comedies.

Hopefully Kawahara never atempts to write a romantic comedy, it wouldn't end well too much suffering from the get go.

From his biography, he spends most of his time when he's not writing playing MMOs. He probably doesn't have the experience required to create a romcom or comedy plot, save for the running gags and harem problems that have appeared.

If there is a new LN series, I wonder which type of game it will be written about. Arcade fighting, FPS, MMORPG has already appeared so I hope it will be about MOBA, or RTS. They are the only genre that still haven't been used

I am hoping for a true closure to Alicization or a possible crisis crossover

Spoiler for Situation:

Specifically, the Fluctlights crossing over to reality as retaliation to the exploitation as well as a bid to gain independence from people. I mean there are always people who would love use the Fluctlights for their own gain especially the military.

From his biography, he spends most of his time when he's not writing playing MMOs. He probably doesn't have the experience required to create a romcom or comedy plot, save for the running gags and harem problems that have appeared.

Kawahara: The one game I've played the most is World of Warcraft, but more recently, I'm quite enjoying Diablo III. I'm a really big fan of Blizzard's games, but I'm kind of sad that a Japanese version of these games don't exist.

He has played Starcraft and he enjoys Diablo III. His character class in Diablo III is Demon Hunter.
He is disappointed that Starcraft 2 is split into 3 games. He plays Protoss in Starcraft 2.
He likes the story of Diablo III.
His favorite MMORPG is World of Warcraft. He compliments that the world of the game is so huge. He thinks there are a lot of quests.

LOL my friend hates Alicization because , "Everyone wanted to see this story end w/ Kirito and Asuna settling down in RL," and..."It stopped being about the SAO incident and their recovery and all about setting up this terrible ending."

Oh well to each their own. I guess meta stuff is just hard to have yourself suspending disbelief. xD

LOL my friend hates Alicization because , "Everyone wanted to see this story end w/ Kirito and Asuna settling down in RL," and..."It stopped being about the SAO incident and their recovery and all about setting up this terrible ending."

Oh well to each their own. I guess meta stuff is just hard to have yourself suspending disbelief. xD

I can kinda see your friend's POV; the entire end was more like setting up AW as the Spiritual Successor to SAO, how Alicization is deep down the backstory of AW, than about Kirito or Asuna's situation. Hopefully the LN version will have a epilogue instead of just that prologue, where we readers find out Kirito, Fluctlight!Kayaba, SK!Kirito, and Kikuoka are the ones behind all these Accelerated programs. Oh, and that Kirito + Asuna's happily married or something.

The author was just setting up for Alicization though; from the chapter distribution, not only did he dedicate way more effort into its workings and mechanics (patching up the rest with Deus Ex Machina), he also gave each of the girls their awesome finale.

My take is that even before Sword Art Online, Kawahara already had an early conception of Alicization and intended to write his way towards it.

Assuming my head-canon speculation is right, 100%. Ronie eventually got married to Kirito, and the Prologue have Ronie's descendant piloting a spaceship. Solterina and Fanatio may or may not be married to Kirito as well.

I wonder how Asuna and Alice will react to Kirito's children, Suteika and Ro-La. Well, Asuna's Fluctlight was with SK!Kirito the whole time so she must have given her consent.

As a reader, it was slightly disappointing SAO chose to end itself there...
...But as a fanfiction writer, heh, there's a bit of guilty pleasure in knowing I can expand into the future without worrying that later developments might kick me into the AU lane.

Edit: and Flere, it would be the dream of a lot of fanboys for Kirito and Asuna to have a daughter named Kuroba Yukiko.

Highly unlikely... Neither Kazuto or Asuna's names have 'Kuroba' in it Unless you want to go full blown conspiracy theory that they changed their names after Project Alicization to protect themselves or something... and that Kazuto and Asuna have become really bad parents after Yui died in the years between SAO and AW.

Highly unlikely... Neither Kazuto or Asuna's names have 'Kuroba' in it Unless you want to go full blown conspiracy theory that they changed their names after Project Alicization to protect themselves or something... and that Kazuto and Asuna have become really bad parents after Yui died in the years between SAO and AW.

I wonder who was the mind that Alice's fluctlight was modeled after? Was the original "donor" mind ever revealed?

Spoiler for Accel World:

If SAO and AW share similar technology, could White Cosmos be a fluctlight in an artificial body like Alice, as oppose to a natural born human? That might actually explain why she wasn't particularly concerned when KYH tried to murder her after her betrayal - there was no way a knife could kill White Cosmos, if White Cosmos body is not a human one. One wonders whether Accel World explores what happens if a biological human ends up bearing a massive amount of hatred for her A.I older "sibling".

In-fact, how many Burst Linkers might well not be natural born humans, but possibly, fluctlights?

Also, if Kirito in real life ever had a child, I wonder what would be his or her relation with Yui, the "older sister". Would Kirito and Asuna regard Yui as the firstborn, or their firstborn biological child their real firstborn?

Flere: well, I mean both you and I should have seen some of the $hit conspiracies they pandered around. This is pretty small fry in comparison.

Novalysis: Technically, Alice is modelled after the 18 human babies whose Fluctlights are the original Fluctlights in UW at its birth. After the hundreds-odds generations that have passed, the Fluctlights are so distinct that Alice is considered a natural Fluctlight not modelled after anyone.

Spoiler for Accel World:

As for your spoiler...let's put it this way: it is possible. I speculated a few pages back that it could be possible for souls to be swapped by means of the STL, which can lead to this situation. But the probability is low because that's some serious $hit that happened for souls to be swapped. And the real soul would have been out there, waiting...waiting...waiting for its real body but never finding it. :feels:

Edit: I mean if Cosmos' controller is a real human. And I'm pretty sure it is, because KYH stabbed her hand; if she was a robot an I'm in her place, I'm not just going to go for her hand! A weaker point is that she can use the Neuro linker after all, but how she uses it, apart from the normal human way, is unconfirmed.

That should manifest as dark-type IS attacks.

Edit edit: For an avatar that's already created. If that is the basis for creating an avtar, then it's highly likely it will manifest as indirect «Curse» attacking power.

Well...Churchblue did ask about AI duel avatars. It's possible, but I would not rule this out entirely, especially if the author decides to model BB after UW's early years, with AIs supplementing the children until a certain population was reached.

I'm sure Kirito and Asuna would still regard their natural children as firstborn. For now Yui only exists as a virtual daughter...unless they decide to get a robot body for her?